How well do you know our drug products?
Used in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes.
What is JANUMET®?
Prevents cervical cancer.
What is GARDASIL®?
This favorite dish of our own Michelle Gavan is a traditional Spanish dish from Valencia that can have meat, fish, seafood, and vegetables and is characterized by its use of saffron to give it a yellow color and unique flavor.
What is paella?
Our CEO, he received his bachelor’s degree from The Pennsylvania State University and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Who is Ken Frazier?
Their names rhyme, they love Mexican & Italian food and, together, they keep the laboratory equipment up and running.
Who are Steph & Jeff? Edwards and Nolan.
Used in the treatment of asthma & allergies.
What is SINGULAIR®?
Oral vaccine that prevents rotavirus disease.
What is RotaTeq®?
This favorite of our own Kim Brown, known for Jolene & I Will Always Love You, is the only artist to have a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for six straight decades.
Who is Dolly Parton?
Executive Director, Quality Control for Virology & Chemistry.
Who is Todd Williams?
He loves Mexican food & disco music and keeps the labs adhering to schedules.
Who is Dave Myers?
Product used to treat HIV/AIDS.
What is CRIXIVAN®?
A combination vaccine that prevents Measles, Mumps, Rubella & Varicella.
What is ProQuad®?
This favorite of Garfield and our own Jena Collier, is an Italian dish made of stacked layers of thin flat pasta alternating with fillings such as ragù (ground meats and tomato sauce) and other vegetables, cheese (which may include ricotta and parmesan), and seasonings and spices such as garlic, oregano and basil.
What is lasagna?
Our Executive VP, she was the Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2002-2009.
Who is Julie Gerberding?
She leads the RMT during inspections, her favorite cuisine is Thai and she has the longest tenure at Merck of anyone on the LSS team.
Who is Carol Gruber?
A cholesterol lowering medicine.
What is VYTORIN®?
Prevents Hepatitis A.
What is VAQTA®?
This street in Liverpool experienced constant disappearances of its street sign ever since the 1967 hit of the same name.
What is Penny Lane?
Quoted in Time Magazine as saying, 'We try to remember that medicine is for the patient. We try never to forget that medicine is for the people. It is not for the profits. The profits follow, and if we have remembered that, they have never failed to appear. The better we have remembered it, the larger they have been.'
Who is George W. Merck?
He loves the band Journey & Asian food and keeps the laboratory facilities running smoothly.
Who is Doug Zernick?
A medicine that may treat certain cancers by working with your immune system.
What is KEYTRUDA®?
Recommended for ages 65+, this vaccine prevent diseases caused by the pneumococal bacterium.
What is PNEUMOVAX® 23?
The uncle of this Academy Award- winning actress wrote the song Wild Thing which was a hit for The Troggs in 1966.
Who is Angelina Jolie?
In 1963, he cultivated material from his daughter who had the Mumps. The Jeryl Lynn strain of the Mumps virus is still used today to make our vaccine.
Who is Maurice Hilleman?
He loves the Beatles & is responsible for the oversight of equipment support, facilities management & various other areas of laboratory support.
Who is Vince Kowalski?